# Headline news in Seattle

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headline-news-in-seattle/453506>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 19, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headline-news-in-seattle/453506 "2008-06-19T19:29:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headline-news-in-seattle/453506/1 "2008-06-19T19:29:20Z")

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[http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/141343.asp?source=mypi](http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/141343.asp?source=mypi)

I busted out laughing when I read this story. The headline is like something from The Onion. Was it a slow news day, or is Vista really so bad that this is newsworthy? 😃

I also notice that it took senior Msoft people to do it. :dubious:

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headline-news-in-seattle/453506/2 "2008-06-19T20:34:06Z")

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[QUOTE=Rocketeer]  
[http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/141343.asp?source=mypi](http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/141343.asp?source=mypi)

I busted out laughing when I read this story. The headline is like something from The Onion. Was it a slow news day, or is Vista really so bad that this is newsworthy? 😃  
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Neither. That’s a blog. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headline-news-in-seattle/453506/3 "2008-06-19T20:43:21Z")

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[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher]  
Neither. That’s a blog. 🙂  
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A blog devoted to Microsoft, no less. For those that don’t want to click on the link, the title is “Man gets Windows Vista to work with printer”.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headline-news-in-seattle/453506/4 "2008-06-19T21:18:58Z")

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[QUOTE=Santo Rugger]  
A blog devoted to Microsoft, no less.  
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Of course, Microsoft practicaly _is_ Seattle, along with Starbucks.